Eyeglass-case-covering machine.



A. AXELL.

EYEGLASS CASE COVERING MACHINE.

PPLIGATION FILED JUNE 12, 1902. RBNBWBD 00T.14,19os.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908A 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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A. AXELL.

EYEGLASS CASE COVERING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 12, 1002. RENBWBD 001.14, 1908.

Patented Deo. 15; 1908.

SHEETS- SHEBT 3,

nmrnn siemens rarinvr ADOLFH AXELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR .lt) Wil/VOX l. DRM( IC, Ulf BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

EYE GLASS-CASE-COVERING MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led June 12, 1902, Serial No. 111,428. Renewed October 14, i908.

rubber marked respectively l and i `shaped 55 Patented Dec. l5, lOS.

Serial No. 457,750.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anonrn Axnmi. a cit-laen of the United States, residing at Boston. in the county of Siii'olk and State of Massa-l chusetts, have'invented certain new and use- .t'ul Improvements in Eyeglass-CaseCover mg Machines; and'l do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact dc scrip'tion of the invention, such as will eualole others skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use the same.

The present; invention relates to an improvement in machines for covering cycglass cases. i

lilye-g'lass cases are now very generally made o'f a sheet metal box and lid hinged together, covered on the outside ivith leather and on the inside with plush, and so far as l am advised oi the state ot the art, such cases have always heretofore been covered and lined by hand, the operation bemg tedious and expensive, and subject to the defects incident to occasional lack ot' skill or care ot the operator.

The object of the present invention is to producen machine for coveringA `such eases, which Will materially reduce Lne expense oi. labor and improve the quality of the product, besides having other advantages apparent to those shilled in the art.

To the abo l ends the present invention consists in thedevices and combinations ot devices hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2 2 F It, showing the plunger; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 33 Fig. 5,'also showing the plunger; Fig. t is a plan ot' the die and associated parts in one position, and Fig. 5 is a plan ot the die and associated parts in another position.

My invention contemplates, in its broader aspects, the use of a die to receive the covering material and case and a plunger to press the case and covering material together. lt is immaterial to my invention what shape, 'torni or relative arrangement of these parts is en'iploye'l The die for receivingthc covering material and case of the illustrated embodiment of my invention consists of two pieces ot to conform to tho outside ot the lid and bottom ot the box of the case. These two pieces l, 2, are separated Slightly along the medial line ot the die as illustrated particularly in Fig. 2 to atiord a space to re- 60 the lid is closed. The parts of this die are 'secured to the plate 3 by means ot screivs si passing up through the plate and being threaded into Washers' or frame 53 e'nbcdded in the rubber of the dies. The-plate 3 is cured to a plate (3 by means of screws 7o which plate C is mounted upon the base 8 ot any convenient form of press.

rl`he plunger 9 provided with the cavity .l0 to receive the spring ll of the case is mounted upon a vertical slide 12 mirried by 75 the over-hanging frame 13 of the press in any suitable or convenient way. Means are' provided 'for forcing the plunger downward and any convimiont means may be employed t'or this purpose such as the toggle levers .14 80 pivoted at their opposite ends to the. slide t2 and a stationary part ot the trame of the machine. A lever l5 pivotcd tothe center o't the toggle and also pivoted vto connecting rod 1G operates to straighten the toggle and 85 to cause the plunger 9 to be forced down into contact with the work. The upper ond ot' the toggle is preferably pivoted to an adlinstable support jl'T secured in place upon the upper part ot. the .trame ot the machine by a bolt 1S and capable ot being adjusted vertically, when the holt; 18 loosened, by means olli the bolt it). 'lhc spring 2t) atitached at its lower end to the slide l2 and at its upper cud to a stationary part of the trame of the machine aii'ords a convenient' means Jfor lifting the plunger it when thc toggle is broken. I is to be observed thatV thc die corresponds in shape t0 the contour o'tl the box and lid adapted to he l'orccd 100 therein, so that the die may be said to have bending surt'aces Jtor bending up the cover ing material at the edges ol the box and lid.

The above described arrangement is such that 4a piece ot covering material such as 10F leather may be laid in the die, having a fold extended down into the space between the parts 1 and 2 of saiddic, then the outeoeva tbe outside of the bonv and lid, provided with upm dljv extended lips 'to bend np 'the ontivardlj, extended portions of the covering iniiterial and means for ioldingI over the lips to secure the margins of tlie covering nia- 'terial on the inside oi. the box and lid, substantially as described.

si. i die for covering eyeglass cases, having; a bending surface extending beyond the olt the case to bend np the covering` atthe edgeoi' the case, substan as described.

n i machine Jfor covering eyeglass cases, having, in combination, a coveringI die having a bending surface extendingr beyond the edge of the case to bend np the covering inaei-iai; at the edge of the case, and means for prei ig the bent np edge of covering ina- Lerial down on the upper surface of the case, substantially as described.

. ji .machine for covering eye-glass cases, ving, in combination, a diej a plunger lding a case and covering material in folding devices for folding over the the covering material, sli-les carrytlie `i'golding` devices, a ring` snrronndinpy (illes, and cams carried by ihe ring and i inged to engage the slidesy to actuate the saine when the ring is rotated, substantially as (inscribed.

ii machine 'for covering eye-glass cases, having,` in combination, a die having tivo portions conforming to the bodir and the cover ot a case respectively when inopen position, and a space between the two parts to receive a, fold of the eoveiingY inater'al to feover the hinge, and a plunger acting to force the case against the coveringl material in the die except at said space, substantiall' i'Y as described.

S. A, machine for covering eyeglass cases, having, in combination, a die having a box receiving; part and a lid receiving part, with a space between and a plunger to engage the central part oi' the box and lid, snbstantiallgT as described.

9. il machine for cove 'ing' eye-glass cases, having, in combination, an elastic die con- Yt'orininf.)r to the outside o' a case and provided with flexible lips extending beyond the edge of the case, a plunger 't'or pressing the case against the die, and means for pressing inward the iiexible lips to bend the covering material over the upper surface oi' vthe case, substantially as described,

10. A machine for covering eyeglass cases, having, in combination, a die :for receiving a case and a plunger 'for pressing the case against the die, the plunger being recessed near its middle portion to avoid contact with the hinge o the case, substantially as described.

il. A. machine for covering eve glass easesl having, in combination, a rubber die conforming to the outside of the case, a plunger for holding the case against the die, laterally movable devices for folding?xl inward the covering material at the edge of the case, and means for actuating thc said de vices, substantially as described.

1n testimony whereof aiiix niv signature,I in presence of .two witnesses.

ADOLPH ELX ELL,

YVitnesses 

